You need a trailing / on the custom URL. Rob
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Carl Sorensen > Sent: Friday, 31 May 2002 9:00 AM > To: 'Ton van Overbeek'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Setup 2.218.2.9 fails to read setup.ini file > from prc-tools mirror > > > Ton wrote: > > > > > > One thing Carl could try is to use the latest setup snapshot on > > http://cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/. > > The latest one right now is setup-2.249.exe. > > See if the problem is still there on XP with that version. > > > > I followed this advice > > The result: > > An error window titled "Cygwin Setup" gives the message > "Unable to get setup.ini from > http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net/install". > > I pointed my > browser at http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net/install/setup.ini > and successfully downloaded a copy of the setup.ini file. > > Two questions: > (1) is there a way to make setup.exe use the setup.ini from > my drive, rather than getting a copy from the prc-tools site? > > (2) Is there something different about the way setup > processes http:// mirror sites instead of ftp:// mirror sites? > > Carl > >